Dispraise
//dɪˈspɹeɪz// noun, verb
noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Blame; reproach; disapproval; criticism. countable, uncountable
"Their censure did not much affect him; for the good-natured young man was disposed to accept with considerable humility the dispraises of others."
- 2 the act of speaking contemptuously of wordnet
Verb
- 1 To notice with disapprobation or some degree of censure; to disparage, to criticize.
"They spake agaynst it, and dispraysed it, raylinge on it."
Example
More examples"They spake agaynst it, and dispraysed it, raylinge on it."
Etymology
From Old French despreisier. Doublet of disprize.
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